Motivation and the Content and Process Theories of Motivation

Please note that this is just Q and As, no need to write as an essay just answer the questions.
5.1 What is motivation and how does it affect my behavior?
5.2 How would I compare and contrast the content theories of motivation?
5.3 How would I compare and contrast the process theories of motivation?
5.4 How are top-down approaches, bottom-up approaches, and “idiosyncratic deals” similar and different?
LEGAL ETHICAL CHALLENGE
Should Senior Executives Receive Bonuses for Navigating a Company through Bankruptcy?
Consider this report from the Wall Street Journal: “On the way to bankruptcy court, Lear Corporation, a car-parts supplier, closed 28 factories, cut more than 20,000 jobs, and wiped out shareholders. Still, Lear sought $20.6 million in bonuses for key executives and other employees, including an eventual payout of more than $5.4 million for then-chief executive Robert Rossiter.” Does this seem appropriate from a justice or expectancy theory perspective?
The U.S. Justice Department objected to these bonuses, arguing that they violated a federal law established in 2005. The goal of the law was to restrict companies from paying bonuses to executives before and during a bankruptcy process. However, a judge ruled that the bonuses were legal because they were tied to the individuals meeting specific earning milestones. A company spokesperson further commented that the bonuses were “customary” and “fully market competitive.” Lear has subsequently rebounded, adding 23,000 jobs since completing the bankruptcy process.
The practice of giving bonuses to senior executives who navigate a company through bankruptcy is quite common. A Wall Street Journal study of 12 of the 100 biggest corporate bankruptcies revealed that CEOs from these firms were paid more than $350 million in various forms of compensation.
“Over the past few years, fights have erupted during a handful of Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases,” the newspaper reported. “The central argument has been over whether companies are adhering to federal laws when giving their executives the extra pay.” While judicial decisions regarding this issue have been mixed, consider the ethics of paying executives large bonuses when laying off workers, closing plants, and eliminating health care and retirement benefits to retirees. Does this seem fair or just?
Finding Answers to Solve the Challenge
Is it ethical to pay these bonuses? Respond to each of the following options.
Yes. Navigating a company through bankruptcy is hard work and requires hard decisions. Executives at Lear, for example, earned those bonuses by staying with the company to shepherd it through tough times, helping to turn it around.
Yes, if all employees receive some sort of bonus for staying through a bankruptcy process. In other words, executives should be paid the same as other surviving employees. If everyone took a 10 percent pay cut or gets a 10 percent bonus, so should executives. What’s fair for one is fair for all.
Absolutely not. It just is not right to close plants, displace employees, and eliminate retirement benefits while simultaneously giving executives hefty bonuses.hat is your ideal resolution to the challenge?